GRAND IN THE NEWS OPENING L o t s t o d o Thursday, 9:30 a.m. a t t h e ■ brands ^ sa ve W7C ^ --------- 1 \ ' ---i - - m SERVING ABERDEEN, HAZLET, HOLMDEL, r e s e i T o i r V a l u e c i T V KEYPORT, MATAWAN AND MIDDLETOWN D epartm ent Stores Manalapan Mall P a g e 2 8 N U M BE R 3 2AUGUST 7, 1996 40 CENTS VOLUME 26, NUMBER 32AUGUST ATM UA gets s e v e n b i d s Court hearing set for Tuesday on council's fight to delay project BY EILEEN KOUTNIK Staff Writer he Aberdeen Township Municipal U tilitie s Authority (ATM UA) has received seven bids for T the Woodfield sewer project, according to authority engineer Thomas K. Rospos. The bids range from $800,000 to $1 million, he said at Thursday’ s A T M U A meeting. However, state Superior Court Judge Patrick J, McGann has prohibited the authority from awarding a contract, pending an additional hearing in his Freehold court at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13. Attorneys for the Township Council and the authority appeared before McGann July 29, after the counc il filed an injunction to prevent the A T M U A from opening the bids on the Woodfield project. Rospos said the authority has received approival for the project from the Bayshore Regional Sewerage Au thority in Union Beach, where the sewage w ill be sent. It also has Continued on page 25 John and Rosemarie Young of Holmdel have a house filled with “Young-sters” — triplets (l-r) Rebecca, Jamie and Courtney, born July 15, and Cassidy, born Sept. 24,1995. Special Report (Photo by Jackie Pollack) M onm outh County: The New im m igrants 3 p lu s 1 equals 4 Triplets a big surprise under a year? 4 million births, Dr. Young said. “I ask myself that every day,” Originally, the couple wanted to to couple who have she laughed. “Maybe it’s because keep with the charming triplets 10-month-old we could handle it. W e’re laid-back theme and give the babies rhyming people. We could do it. Maybe it’s names or names that all began with BY LAUREN JAEGER because we’re financially able. We the same letter. Staff Writer wonder why. Then, scrapping that idea, they “We ask ourselves that question selected Courtney Laine, Jamie osemarie and John Young, every day,” Mrs. Young repeated, Alexandra and Rebecca Nicole. Holmdel, were just getting with a quick, wide smile. “A s women, I want them to be R the hang of how to be mom It is too early to tell whether or confident, professional and happy and dad when the stork made anot sec­ the sisters are identical. One with their own fam ilies,” Mrs. ond visit. baby has a birthmark on her fore­ Young said. “Most of all, I want Joining their 10-month old sis­ head. Otherwise, they look much them to be able to make their own ter, Cassidy, the triplets, all robust alike, as newborns with their still- decisions. little girls weighing more than 4 undistinguished features w ill look. “I think John wants them to pounds each, were bom July 15 at “The doctor thinks they’re iden­ work in his office,” she laughed. Monmouth Medical Center. tical,” Dr. Young said, adding, The couple had a long courtship. Young, 29, said there is no his­ “What’s the difference, anyway?” They met as co-stars in a Port tory of multiple births in her family, With the increase of fertility Richmond High School, Staten nor was she on fertility drugs. drug usage, triplets now occur once Island, production, and kept close So how was it that fate brought in every 5,000 births. However, tabs on each other through Dr. For a close-up look at a Holmdel farm the young couple four babies in identical triplets occur only once in others, see pages 18-21. 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Sale prices effective thru 8/13/96 INDEPENDENT, AUGUST 7. 1996 3 Dining & Entertainm ent O’Grady La Cashina Ristorante is a special place to eat where you can enjoy the delights gets H unt of Northern Italy. See the Dining & Entertainment section. resto red Page 32 BY CINDY HERRSCHAFT Staff Writer T H I S I S S U E D LE T O W N It’ s tally ho.MID The Hunt is on. The Monmouth County Hunt Racing Association race meet at Woodland Farm in Middletown, a pop­ ular steeplechase, will be held for the 66th time after all, Mayor Raymond O’Grady announced Monday. An agreement was finally reached between organizers of the race, the property owners and a county labor organization after a series of negotia­ tions mediated by O ’Grady. “We all had a positive attitude,” O ’ Grady said. “No one wanted to see this canceled.” The annual event brings jin estimat­ ed $250,000 to charities, including the Salvation Army of Red I^ank, and Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel.